§ Mr. Peter Bruinvelsasked the Secretary of State for Energy how many and what percentage of the questions set down on the Order Paper for priority written answer by him in (a) Session 1983–84 and (b) the current Session to date have initially received a holding reply.
§ Mr. Peter WalkerDuring the Session 1983–84 only two priority written questions were initially answered with a holding reply. This represents less than ½ per cent. of the total number of priority written questions tabled to me during this period. No holding replies have been given during the current Session.
§ Mr. Peter Bruinvelsasked the Secretary of State for Energy how many parliamentary questions have been answered by Ministers in his Department in each of the last three complete Sessions, and the current Session to date; if he will break these figures down into questions tabled as oral questions, priority written questions and ordinary written questions, respectively; and if he will make a statement.
Students from abroad: Great Britain (Thousands) 1974 1975 1976 1977 1978 1979 1980 1981 1982 1983 Universities 27.8 31.2 33.7 35.2 36.5 34.9 33.2 31.8 30.9 32.2 Public sector higher education 11.7 16.9 21.2 22.4 22.1 20.9 19.7 18.6 15.1 13.8 Non-advanced further education 21.6 26.8 27.7 27.5 27.1 26.6 19.5 11.1 8.1 7.9
§ Mr. Andrew F. Bennettasked the Secretary of State for Education and Science what is the number of students
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§ Mr. Peter WalkerDepartmental statistics on parliamentary questions are not available before the 1982–83 Session and could be provided only at disproportionate cost.
The information requested from the 1982–83 Session onwards is as follows:
Priority written questions Numbers Ordinary written questions Questions tabled for oral answer Total 1982–83 Session 184 177 286 647 1983–84 Session 472 458 433 1,363 1984–85 Session (up to and including Friday 24 May) 256 245 235 736 Source:
Departmental statistics. The number for ordinary written questions does not include questions tabled for oral answer which were not reached.